Associate Professor Ben Wadham

Associate Professor

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 82013358

ben.wadham@flinders.edu.au

Education Building (5.08)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Ben is a sociologist and his main research interest is militarism and the military in Australia. He is interested in the place of the military in Australian history and within Australian culture and governance - civil society, the miltiary and the state. Ben writes about the cultural history of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Of particular interest is military culture and crime and the military. He is currently Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council Grant titled "Institutional Abuse and Organisational Reform within the ADF (1969-). He has recently published Criminologies of the Military: Militarism, National Security and Justice. Ben also researches men's violence toward other men and is using Virtual Reality as a pedagogical tool for education for violence prevention. This research focus is critical masculinity studies.

Qualifications

BA Hons (Sociology),
PhD (Sociology)
Grad Cert Public Policy

Honours, awards and grants

Australian Postgraduate Award 1998-2002
Australian Defence Medal

ARC Discovery: Institutional Abuse and Organisational Reform in the ADF (2018-2021)

Key responsibilities

Research Higher Degree Coordinator

Director, Doctor of Education

Delegate, NTEU

Research expertise

Australian Studies

Criminology

Cultural studies

Culture

Gender Studies

Identity/ethnicity/nationalism

Policy and administration

Sociology

Women's Studies

Research interests

Completions

Education Doctorate

Teacher Education Reform in Undang Pandang - Faridah Ohan - 2013
Medical Students and Physical Examination - Anna Vnuk - 2013
The role of teacher/student relationships in English teaching in Surabaya - Suryanto - 2013
Content-Based Instruction At The International Standard School Teacher Education Program - Soni Mirizon - 2014
The representation of Indonesian English language teachers’ ICT learning experiences: processes and outcomes in English language classrooms - Dyah Ciptaningrum - 2015
Experiences Of Indonesian Pre-Service English As Foreign Language Teachers In Implementing Technology In Teaching Practicum: An Investigation Through TPACK Framework - Effendi Limbong - 2015
An Examination of the Moral Reasoning Abilities of Cypriot Accounting Students - Maz Demosthenous - 2017
Volunteer Motivaton in Surf LIfes Saving: A Theory of Motivation through Identity - John Fitzgerald - 2018

Masters of Education

Religion and the International Baccalaureate - 2011
Domestic Violence in Indonesia - Mohammad Ihsan - 2007

Honours

Pre-service teachers perceptions of race and nationalism - 2010
Home Economics and SA Schooling - 2005

Teaching interests

Qualitative Research Methodologies
Social Theory
Continental Philosophy
Globalisation, Development and Education
Governance and Policy
Race, Gender, Nation
Militarism & Violence
Professionals and Activists
Policy and Governance

Topic coordinator

EDUC9954 Preparation for Research

EDUC9971 Key Issues in Education

EDUC9972 Preparation for Research

EDUC9973 Critical Scholarship and Research Design

EDUC9974 Researching the Profession

EDUC9978 Data Analysis

EDUC9975 Research Project

EDUC9977 Research Transfer

Supervisory interests

Critical masculinity studies (scholarly distinction from masculinity or men's studies)

Critical race and whiteness studies in Australian contexts

Higher education

Military studies

Race, gender, nation and education

Sociology of education

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Lesbians in the Military (1), Narratives of Clinical Decision Making from the Emergency Department (1), Schooling Differently (1), Social Justice and Teacher Education (1), Critical Realism and Academic Activists (1)

Associate supervisor: Discourses of National Security in the ADF (1)

Completion

Principal supervisor: Foucault’s discourse analysis of education policy making in Cambodia from 1979 to 2013 (1), WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: A STUDY OF STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN ACEH PROVINCE (1), LEADER-FOLLOWER CONFLICT: THE PERCEPTION OF SOME INDONESIAN LEADERS ON THEIR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (1), Governing The Good Teacher A White Governmentality Lens On The ‘White’ Teacher In South Australia’s Apy Lands (1), HOW HAS THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF ABORIGINAL CORPORATIONS REPRESENTED AND POSITIONED ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE? (1)

Associate supervisor: Equity and Diversity for Primary School Indigenous Children in Bangladesh (1), WOMEN FACULTY MEMBERS’ WORK AND LIVES IN STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITIES IN INDONESIA (1)

Publications